Review of Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro

Don't Toy with Me Miss Nagatoro is an easy to watch romantic comedy with some cute characters. By the end of the first season, a healthy relationship has developed between the main characters and healthy friendships develop with ancillary friends. It's a wholesome series with some cool cast members. It's easy to write off the whole season when watching the first few episodes because of Nagatoro's initial bullying of Naoto, which was drawn out a little long in animated form compared to the manga. In the manga, in Japanese, the dialogue in the first episode at the library plays out in a better way thanthe anime did. I almost dropped the series on the first watch of the 1st episode but am glad I stuck with it. After a few episodes, an clear friendship is apparent and they start defending each other in a healthy way.

It can be juvenile in narrative at times, being for a younger audience, but it makes it an easy watch, like eating a Dairy Queen sundae.
It doesn't over-exaggerate the gyaru culture depicted. Honestly, if you're learning japanese, the gyuaru speak is easy to understand because it uses a simple vocabulary, making it easy to follow along with the dialogue without paying much attention to the subtitles.

Gamou is a great friend for Nagatoro and Hachi, and I really liked how her relationship with the two played out in the series.